Strong's Lexicon
G546 — ἀπειλέω
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G546 |
|---|---|
| Word: | ἀπειλέω |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Etymology: | of uncertain derivation |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 2 |
| Transliteration: | apeileo |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | ap-ei-leh'-o |
| Meaning: | 1. to menace 2. (by implication) to forbid |
| KJV Renderings: | threaten |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἀπειλέω, ἀπείλω: imperfect ἠπειλουν; 1 aorist middle ἠπειλησαμην; to threaten, menace: 1Pe 2:23; in middle, according to later Greek usage ((Appendix, bell. 104:3, 29); Polyaen. 7, 35, 2), actively (Buttmann, 54 (47)): Act 4:17 (ἀπειλή (L T Tr WH omit) ἀπειλεῖσθαι, with the dative of person followed by μή with infinitive, with sternest threats to forbid one to etc., Winers Grammar, § 54, 3; (Buttmann, 183 (159))). (From Homer down.) (Compare: προσαπειλέω.)
Englishman's Greek Concordance
ἀπειλέω (threaten)
Acts 4:17
- KJV: But that it spread no further among the people let us straitly threaten them that they speak henceforth to no man in this name
- GK: αλλ΄ ίνα μη επί πλείον διανεμηθή εις τον λαόν απειλή απειλησώμεθα αυτοίς μηκέτι λαλείν επί τω ονόματι τούτω μηδενί ανθρώπων
1 Peter 2:23
- KJV: Who when he was reviled reviled not again when he suffered he threatened not but committed to him that judgeth righteously
- GK: ος λοιδορούμενος ουκ αντελοιδόρει πάσχων ουκ ηπείλει παρεδίδου δε τω κρίνοντι δικαίως